“For I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT” Malachi 3:6, KJV One of God’s attributes is that He doesn’t change. We as ‘Born Again Christians’ will want to reflect to others the One and True Living God through our own lives. In order o resemble God’s never changing attribute, we can’t be fickle. People […]
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Enquire
1 Sam 30:8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. Enquire means ask. Ask of the Lord here in David’s case. Humble people ask. Proud people presume. David […]
Dry
Psalm 63:1…my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Sometimes, in any Christian life, we go through dry spells. It’s normal. Even though it is impossible to be a saved Christian and not believe in supernatural miracles, sometimes we just don’t see it. […]
Zealous
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. A zealous person is a person that covets God, and wants others to covet Him as well. Zeal for God is good. I have a lot of friends. Some I consider brethren in the faith, from a lot of […]
Condemnation
Romans 8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. This word condemnation is about devine punishment. In other words, if you are born again,, you won’t go hell. There are many other types of condemnation, and I apply these […]
Answers
Luke 2:47: “And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.” Jesus has all the rightF answers, not just some of them. If you want the right answer, ask Him, not man. James 1:5 “if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.” Most of us want to serve God. […]
Covet
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet… The purpose of this missive ‘covet’ is three fold. It is a love letter to my son and daughter to read when they are ready, (I have these archived), so they will learn from my mistakes by not reinventing the wheel. This is my prayer journal. Just jotting down […]
EnGuard!
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. That’s what the NIV says. This is the verse that I had memorized. (It’s very similar in Spanish) KJV used the word KEEP in place of guard. Not much difference in a way, but a big difference in application. Keeping […]
Yield
mans 6:13 ….yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead. Most people think of yielding as giving up. If they yield to Satan, through the temptation of sin, they are right. It doesn’t have to be permanent, but yes, for the moment they have surrendered to the forces of evil. Take […]
Broken Hearted
Psalm 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart bro·ken-heart·ed – overwhelmed by grief or disappointment. Funny, I never had associated brokenhearts with disappointment. I always thought of heartbroken as a high school crush thing. (Had my heart broken many a time.) That was something that was just a passing […]
Special Days
We teach kids their importance to God. Day 2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day The 21rst was my 64th birthday. I think I stopped enjoying my birthday when I hit double digits. (10) No idea why, […]
HUMILITY VS PRIDE
ONLY JESUS CAN SAY THAT HE HIMSELF IS HUMBLE WITHOUT LYING Million Friends We help the children of the laborers in the city´s garbage dump. HUMILITYvsPRIDE. (Feel free to chime in, I have been working on this list for years) “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you […]
REWARD
THERE IS NOT BETTER A REWARD THAN A GOD REWARD Million Friends We help the child laborers in the city´s garbage dump. Reward “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” […]
FIRST THINGS FIRST
You can´t do the second thing til you do the first thing! Million Friends CHEPE HAS A NEW YOUNGER SISTER 1rstThings1rst Matthew 7:7 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; People have told me that […]
S I N
The word I is always at the center of sin! Million Friends sIn (Definition of sin = whatever you do without conviction that you have God’s approval to do it is sin) Génesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And […]
Lover
Whats my job? Im a lover! Million Friends (Me about 3 decades ago, BCC (before I planted Calvary Chapel Managua) Lover 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, love is not conceited I heard a pastor recently say that when people ask him what his profession is, he […]
Matters
Ecclesiasticus 3:23 “Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.” ‘Matters’ is a lofty word. Pompous people like to throw this word around because it’s fancy sounding. Pastors down here like to use it a lot. With internet, we have a hundred times the matter content that […]
Resistance
Romans13:2 “Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God” ‘Resistance’ has many meanings, like the word ‘power’. ‘Resisting power’ as a phrase has even more interpretations. Sure, authorities are power, as some translations suggest. We shouldn’t resist our president nor the police if we are followers of Christ. We are to obey our […]
Patience
Galatians 5: 22-23 ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law’Berean Study Bible Words are thought containers. They are designed to bundle up a bunch of useless letters (individually), put them together and send them as a thought (idea) […]
Babies
—— español abajo—— 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: I LOVE BABIES! I remember that the moment I went from darkness to light. The first thing I noticed with my new nature was that my ‘new man’ loved babies. My ‘old man’, myself before I […]
Worthy = Worth It
—— español abajo—— MATTHEW 10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. Have you ever been invited to a house and sensed that you weren’t welcome? It’s not a nice situation to be in. Sometimes it’s because the host *or his wife* doesn’t think […]
Witness
Learning to WITNESS is #7 out of the 7 phases in spiritual growth —— español abajo—— Acts 1:8 “But ye shall RECEIVE POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and YE SHALL BE WITNESSESUNTO ME . . .” I think of Perry Mason every time I hear the word witness. *aging myself, […]
Give
GIVE! Learning to GIVE is #6 out of the 7 phases in spiritual growth —— español abajo—— Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, So I was told the other day that if I am not teaching the Bible in some Bible school […]
Worship
Worship!Learning to WORSHIP is #5 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo—— John 4:23-24 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall WORSHIP the Father IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship […]
Believe = Be Living
BELIEVE!Learning to BELIEVE is #4 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo—— Mark 11:24 What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, BELIEVE that ye RECEIVE them, and ye shall have them.” *QUALIFIER… God is sovereign and all powerful and all knowing. Sometimes He protects us from ourselves and our prayers, but that is NOT […]
Pray
PRAY!Learning to PRAY is #3 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo—— JOHN 16:23, Whatsoever ye shall ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME, he will give it ‘to’ you. Most born again Christians pray every day. Many however, don’t really believe that it actually works. They pray because they are taught to. It’s […]
Forgive
TO FORGIVE #2 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo——Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Learning to FORGIVE is the 2nd step in growing spiritually. It is closely related to part 1,which was FORGET. They are intertwined. To […]
New Normal
(espanol abajo) Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 2020 can still be the best year of our lives! A landmark time of victory in our lives, where we […]
Pure Heart Update
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. When I first returned to Nicaragua as a missionary, I was praying to God. I asked Him to be able to see Him… kind of a whimsical prayer because no one has seen God. I had just bought the house that I […]
Volunteer Help
I was recently asked what teams that come down to help us in Nicaragua could be expected to do. (This is all contingent on our funds) Light Construction at the winner home for at-risk children at the shacks where the kids live Our PreK teachers that help with singing, dancing, acting, playing teachers that help with […]
What have we done in 2015?
Thanks be to God! In 2015, we have done the following: FED THE HUNGRY: with YOUR help we served right around 50,000 home cooked meals to HUNGRY children and adults VISITED THE SICK: with YOUR help we spent about $5,000 for medical needs of others who are in poverty and are sick CLOTHED THE NAKED: with […]
Why I do What I do
Kids of interest… well actually all of them have a story that would blow the mind of any North American. My dillema is that I have been doing this since the 90`s, in the same place,, and now I am serving the GREAT GRAND CHILDREN of the children I served here originally. One guy was […]
I was sick and you fed me….. the Lord
Our feeding program at the dump. a “book of Matthew” kind of thing
my favorite ride! goin to church!
feedin in the dump… i was hungry and you fed me. i call THAT goin to church Matt Semenza Jul 19, 2013 no better sound than the horn of Dean’s taxi! dean peters Jul 19, 2013 the only car in town, and horn too!